Job ID: 5262
Job date: 2016-03-09
End Date:
Company : Columbia University Country : Role : Research Scientist
Job date: 2016-03-09
End Date:
Company : Columbia University Country : Role : Research Scientist
Job Description:
Grant Funded:
Background:
The Center for Infection and Immunity (CII) - one of the world's most advanced academic centers for research in infectious disease surveillance, diagnosis and discovery is seeking an experienced individual for a Sr. Programmer Analyst position on its Bioinformatics team. The successful applicant will join a dynamic laboratory consisting of approximately 65 personnel at Columbia University and a global network of researchers who work on projects related to infectious disease surveillance and discovery in humans and wildlife, host response to infections, microbiome research and large-scale studies on autism and chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis.
The candidate is expected to demonstrate the following skills and experience:
A minimum of two years of experience in bioinformatics, statistics, systems biology, including biological pathway and network analysis. The candidate should be well versed in writing pipelines for analysis of gene expression data from Illumina sequencing platform. Expertise in experimental design, data quality control, mapping software such as Bowtie, BWA or STAR, normalization and clustering methods, Tuxedo Suite tools such as Tophat and Cufflinks, Gene Set Enrichment Analysis, Ingenuity Pathway analysis and UCSC genome browser. Expertise in genome annotations from major bioinformatics resources (NCBI, UCSC). The ability to work in Unix environments consisting of high performance clusters. Expertise in use of multi-threading tools (SGE, MPI), resource management and allocation. Academic or industrial experience is use of scripting languages, such as Shell, Python, Perl and R. Proficiency in R and Bioconductor packages. The individual should be highly motivated and enjoy work in a fast paced environment. Salary will be competitive and commensurate with experience. Columbia University offers a comprehensive and attractive benefits package (Benefits Highlights for Officers 2016 - http://hr.columbia.edu/benefits/bib)
Minimum Qualifications for Grade
Applicant MUST meet these minimum qualifications to be considered an applicant
Requires a bachelor's degree in bioinformatics or computer science and at least four years of experience in bioinformatics.
The candidate selected for this position is required to undergo a full background check prior to a final offer of employment being made.
Additional Position-Specific Minimum Qualifications
Applicant MUST meet these minimum qualifications to be considered an applicant
Special Instructions
Preferred Qualifications
Advanced degree with 2 years of related experience
Essential Functions
Provide bioinformatics support for RNA-Seq analysis in a large and dynamic laboratory - 50%
Provide support for projects related to microbial detection and discovery - 30%
Manage databases - 10%
Contribute to publications and research grants - 5%
Perform other related duties as assigned - 5%
Special Indications
This position works with:
There are no special indications for this position
HIPAA Compliance training required
Yes
Participation in Medical Surveillance required
No
What type of posting? Is this a waiver request?
Standard Posting
Requisition Open Date
03-08-2016
Requisition Close Date
Open Until Filled
Quick Link
jobs.columbia.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=153741
Additional Info:
[Click Here to Access the Original Job Post]
Grant Funded:
Background:
The Center for Infection and Immunity (CII) - one of the world's most advanced academic centers for research in infectious disease surveillance, diagnosis and discovery is seeking an experienced individual for a Sr. Programmer Analyst position on its Bioinformatics team. The successful applicant will join a dynamic laboratory consisting of approximately 65 personnel at Columbia University and a global network of researchers who work on projects related to infectious disease surveillance and discovery in humans and wildlife, host response to infections, microbiome research and large-scale studies on autism and chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis.
The candidate is expected to demonstrate the following skills and experience:
A minimum of two years of experience in bioinformatics, statistics, systems biology, including biological pathway and network analysis. The candidate should be well versed in writing pipelines for analysis of gene expression data from Illumina sequencing platform. Expertise in experimental design, data quality control, mapping software such as Bowtie, BWA or STAR, normalization and clustering methods, Tuxedo Suite tools such as Tophat and Cufflinks, Gene Set Enrichment Analysis, Ingenuity Pathway analysis and UCSC genome browser. Expertise in genome annotations from major bioinformatics resources (NCBI, UCSC). The ability to work in Unix environments consisting of high performance clusters. Expertise in use of multi-threading tools (SGE, MPI), resource management and allocation. Academic or industrial experience is use of scripting languages, such as Shell, Python, Perl and R. Proficiency in R and Bioconductor packages. The individual should be highly motivated and enjoy work in a fast paced environment. Salary will be competitive and commensurate with experience. Columbia University offers a comprehensive and attractive benefits package (Benefits Highlights for Officers 2016 - http://hr.columbia.edu/benefits/bib)
Minimum Qualifications for Grade
Applicant MUST meet these minimum qualifications to be considered an applicant
Requires a bachelor's degree in bioinformatics or computer science and at least four years of experience in bioinformatics.
The candidate selected for this position is required to undergo a full background check prior to a final offer of employment being made.
Additional Position-Specific Minimum Qualifications
Applicant MUST meet these minimum qualifications to be considered an applicant
Special Instructions
Preferred Qualifications
Advanced degree with 2 years of related experience
Essential Functions
Provide bioinformatics support for RNA-Seq analysis in a large and dynamic laboratory - 50%
Provide support for projects related to microbial detection and discovery - 30%
Manage databases - 10%
Contribute to publications and research grants - 5%
Perform other related duties as assigned - 5%
Special Indications
This position works with:
There are no special indications for this position
HIPAA Compliance training required
Yes
Participation in Medical Surveillance required
No
What type of posting? Is this a waiver request?
Standard Posting
Requisition Open Date
03-08-2016
Requisition Close Date
Open Until Filled
Quick Link
jobs.columbia.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=153741
Requeriments :
Skills :
Areas :
Additional Info:
[Click Here to Access the Original Job Post]